HarryAllan7
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- Jul 20, 2017
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Modern Rugby League is not a complicated game.
Good sides do a handful of really basic things well and it translates to creating momentum, space and opportunities on the field, as well as limiting those things for the opposition.
In Defence:
- Push up hard together , creating line speed with a unified defensive front
- Wrap up the ball carrier with upper body tackles to secure the ball to prevent offloads
- Hold the ball carrier up, prevent him getting to ground and getting a quick PTB
In Attack:
- Flat passes out of dummy half to forwards sprinting onto the ball
- Halves and fullbacks roaming around the ruck playing support and looking for offloads or to support half-breaks
- Use shapes, lines and decoys when the ball is spread to open gaps and create space for outside backs
Thats 6 very simple requirements which any non-coach can point out as the fundamentals of competing in modern rugby league.
All 6 of these pillars of success don't require individual skill, flashiness or often even experience... they require only awareness, fitness and motivation.
We do 0/6 of these. In several cases, we actually do the complete opposite of what is required.
Either the players don't know this basic stuff is expected of them, or are unwilling to do it for some reason. In either case, it falls to the coach to produce a team which can do these fundamentals.
I am not defending individual players, because lots of them have been extremely poor on the field and even worse post-game in terms of attitude and commitment, but prime Lockyer could be in the 6 jersey right now and we would see no difference in results, because the team isn't consistently doing the basics right.
It is the coach's job and it is really simple... you don't need advanced metrics, complicated gameplans and new-age technologies to pinpoint that these are the things you need to do well to win.
It's so easy. FFS.
Good sides do a handful of really basic things well and it translates to creating momentum, space and opportunities on the field, as well as limiting those things for the opposition.
In Defence:
- Push up hard together , creating line speed with a unified defensive front
- Wrap up the ball carrier with upper body tackles to secure the ball to prevent offloads
- Hold the ball carrier up, prevent him getting to ground and getting a quick PTB
In Attack:
- Flat passes out of dummy half to forwards sprinting onto the ball
- Halves and fullbacks roaming around the ruck playing support and looking for offloads or to support half-breaks
- Use shapes, lines and decoys when the ball is spread to open gaps and create space for outside backs
Thats 6 very simple requirements which any non-coach can point out as the fundamentals of competing in modern rugby league.
All 6 of these pillars of success don't require individual skill, flashiness or often even experience... they require only awareness, fitness and motivation.
We do 0/6 of these. In several cases, we actually do the complete opposite of what is required.
Either the players don't know this basic stuff is expected of them, or are unwilling to do it for some reason. In either case, it falls to the coach to produce a team which can do these fundamentals.
I am not defending individual players, because lots of them have been extremely poor on the field and even worse post-game in terms of attitude and commitment, but prime Lockyer could be in the 6 jersey right now and we would see no difference in results, because the team isn't consistently doing the basics right.
It is the coach's job and it is really simple... you don't need advanced metrics, complicated gameplans and new-age technologies to pinpoint that these are the things you need to do well to win.
It's so easy. FFS.
